Closure, Abnormal

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VeDDRA Code: 99811

3,255 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

3,255
Total Reports
3
Deaths
10.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Unknown 3,119
Human 97
Dog 19
Cat 18
Cattle 1
Horse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Unknown 3,218
Domestic Shorthair 7
Domestic Longhair 5
Dog (unknown) 4
Cat (unknown) 3
Crossbred Canine/dog 2
Retriever - Labrador 2
Domestic Mediumhair 2
Shih Tzu 2
Corgi - Welsh Pembroke 1

Associated Drugs

Fluralaner Spot-On Solution 511
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 396
Amoxicillin Trihydrate;Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) 288
Moxidectin 212
Selamectin;Sarolaner 142
Selamectin 138
Doramectin 84
Fluralaner/Moxidectin Spot-On 80
Carprofen 70
Ceftiofur Hydrochloride 68
Meloxicam 41
Insulin Injectable Vial 40
Amoxicillin (As Trihydrate); Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) 39
Dexamethasone + Neomycin Sulfate + Thiabendazole 38
Pimobendan 36
Cyclosporin Ointment 35
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 35
Cefovecin 33
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 33
Afoxolaner 31

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 3,255
Reports with fatal outcome 3
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 10.0%
Species observed 6
Breeds observed 19
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 99811.

Closure, Abnormal Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 3,255 adverse event reports that reference Closure, Abnormal as a reaction term, including 3 reports with a death outcome — a 10.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 99811, the standardized veterinary dictionary used to normalize clinical signs across submitters. Because reports are voluntary and often describe multiple concurrent signs per animal, the volume here reflects reporting intensity rather than true incidence in the broader pet population.

Closure, Abnormal appears most frequently in reports for Unknown (3,119 reports), Human (97 reports), Dog (19 reports) — with Unknown dominating at 3,119 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Unknown (3,218), Domestic Shorthair (7), Domestic Longhair (5). These distributions are influenced both by underlying breed popularity and by how veterinarians and owners code a given clinical sign, so they should be interpreted as a reporting fingerprint rather than a pure susceptibility ranking.

The drugs most commonly co-reported with Closure, Abnormal are Fluralaner Spot-On Solution (511 reports), Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt (396 reports), Amoxicillin Trihydrate;Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) (288 reports), Moxidectin (212 reports), with Fluralaner Spot-On Solution appearing alongside this reaction in 511 submissions. Co-reporting does not establish that any specific product caused the reaction — FDA CVM data captures temporal association only. The value of these aggregates is in flagging which therapeutic classes appear repeatedly alongside a given clinical sign, so owners and veterinarians can ask targeted questions about medications currently in use.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports Data reflects voluntary submissions and may not represent actual incidence rates

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Data sourced from official AKC, AVMA, ACVO, and breed-club veterinary references. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBreed Editorial